List of Leander Paes' Grand Slam titles | Zee News News » Sports » Australian Open 2015 List of Leander Paes' Grand Slam titles Leander Paes won the mixed doubles crown at the 2015 Australian Open with Swiss partner Martina Hingis for his 15th career Grand Slam title. IANS | Last Updated: Sunday, February 1, 2015 - 14:02 0 Follow @ZeeNewsSports Melbourne: Leander Paes won the mixed doubles crown at the 2015 Australian Open with Swiss partner Martina Hingis for his 15th career Grand Slam title. Here is the complete list of men’s and mixed doubles Grand Slam titles India’s tennis icon has won: Men’s doubles (eight titles): 1. 1999 French Open with Mahesh Bhupathi 2. 1999 Wimbledon with Mahesh Bhupathi 3. 2001 French Open with Mahesh Bhupathi 4. 2006 US Open with Martin Damm 5. 2009 French Open with Lukas Dlouhy 6.

2009 US Open with Lukas Dlouhy 7. 2012 Australian Open with Radek Stepanek 8. 2013 US Open with Radek Stepanek Mixed doubles (seven titles): Martina Hingis, Leander Paes win Australian Open mixed-doubles title Martina Hingis, Leander Paes win Australian Open mixed-doubles title hidden Feb, 01 2015 13:11:55 IST #Australian open #Australian open 2015 #Australian open mixed doubles winners #Leander paes #Martina hingis #Paes-hingis #Sports #Tennis Melbourne: Indian tennis star Leander Paes clinched his 15th Grand Slam title as he and Swiss ace Martina Hingis won the Australian Open mixed-doubles title, here today. The seventh seed Indo-Swiss pair turned back the clock to serve past third seeds Daniel Nestor and Kristina Mladenovic 6-4, 6-3 in the 1 hour and 2 minutes battle at the Rod Laver Arena. Hingis and Paes pose with the Australian Open Mixed Doubles trophy.

AP While the 41-year-old Paes clinched his seventh mixed doubles crown, Hingis, who came out of retirement for the second time a couple of years back, collected her 11th doubles Slam apart from her five singles titles. Paes and Hingis broke the Canadian-French pair of Nestor and Kristina once in the first set and twice in the second to put up an entertaining display. Paes, a veteran doubles specialist, joined forces with the 34-year-old Hingis last year only to come up with a Slam title in quick time. Hingis, who burst into the scene in 1995, thanked her idol and legend Martina Navratilova for suggesting Paes as her mixed-doubles partner. "I am thankful to Martina (Navratilova) for getting me partner Paes. Not even in my wildest dreams would I have believed that 20 years later I'd be standing here again," said an excited Hingis - winner of three singles Australian Open titles in 1997, 98 and 99.

Navratilovia, who also partnered Paes to clinch the Australian Open and Wimbledon mixed-doubles crown in 2003, was in the stands to watch the tennis veterans play. Hingis, who won three singles and six doubles titles at Melbourne Park, returned to the tour to play doubles in 2013. Hingis, 34, won the 2006 Australian Open mixed doubles title with Manesh Bhupathi, who was Paes' former longtime doubles partner.

Agencies Pakistan in Australia, 5 ODI Series, 2017 Desert T20 Challenge, 2017 US Open 2015: Leander Paes with Martina Hingis wins mixed doubles title - India.com » Sports US Open 2015: Leander Paes with Martina Hingis wins mixed doubles title Leander Paes and Martina Hingis first mixed doubles team to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the same year Comments New York, Sep 12: Leander Paes created history by winning the US Open mixed doubles title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis as the veteran Indian now has the highest number of mixed doubles titles in Open era. The fourth seeded Indo-Swiss pair, edged past unseeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey 6-4 3-6 10-7 in a tricky final to win their third Major title together this season. 42-year-old Paes now has won nine Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, surpassing compatriot and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi’s record of eight titles.

He is now behind only legendary Martina Navratilova, who won 10 mixed doubles trophies. Of those 10, two came with Paes only when they won Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2003. With this win, Paes and Hingis, who also won Australian Open and Wimbledon titles early this season, have become the first mixed doubles team since 1969 to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the same year. It was Paes’ 17th Grand Slam title overall and Hingis’ 19th. Hingis has won four Grand Slam titles and all of them have come with Indians. She won her first mixed doubles trophy with Mahesh Bhupathi when they won 2006 Australian Open. (ALSO READ: Leander Paes-Martina Hingis US Open 2015 mixed doubles Semifinal Free Live Streaming & Telecast Tennis Match) Hingis is also in the contention in the Women’s Doubles with Sania Mirza with whom she won Wimbledon earlier this year. They are up against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and Casey Dellacqua of Australia.

Paes and Hingis broke Mattek-Sands at love to take a 2-1 lead in the opening set as the Swiss miss hit a forehand passing shot to secure the break. That bit of momentum was all they needed, as Paes easily closed the set out at 5-4 when Hingis hit a volley winner. A lone break of serve also decided the second set, as Mattek-Sands hit two straight winners to break Hingis’ serve as the Americans led 3-1. Hingis saved three set points on her serve at 2-5, but Querrey easily held in the next game to send the contest into a deciding super tiebreak. The unseeded Americans were cruising as they created a 4-1 cushion when they won both points on Hingis’ serve to grab the first mini-break. But Hingis and Paes took the minibreak back on Mattek-Sands’ serve at the next opportunity. The crucial point of the match came at 7-7, when Paes blocked Querrey’s serve for a clean passing-shot winner.

He then won both points on his serve to close out the match, hitting an overhead winner on their first match point and then lifting Hingis in celebration. (Image Credits – Twitter) Published Date: September 12, 2015 7:41 AM IST Ageless Paes, Hingis win mixed doubles trophy - The Hindu Ageless Paes, Hingis win mixed doubles trophy September 12, 2015 07:44 IST Updated: March 28, 2016 17:03 IST Share Article September 12, 2015 07:44 IST Updated: March 28, 2016 17:03 IST more-in Paes now has nine Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, surpassing compatriot and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi’s record of eight. Veteran Indian tennis star Leander Paes scripted history by notching up the US Open mixed doubles title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis to become the format’s most successful male player in the Open era.

The fourth-seeded Indo-Swiss pair edged past unseeded Americans Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Sam Querrey 6-4, 3-6, 10-7 in a tricky final to win their third Major title together this season. The 42-year-old Paes has now won nine Grand Slam mixed doubles titles, surpassing compatriot and former partner Mahesh Bhupathi’s record of eight titles. He is now behind only the legendary Martina Navratilova, who won 10 mixed doubles trophies. Of those 10, two came with Paes when they won the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2003. With this win, the Paes-Hingis pair, who also won the Australian Open and Wimbledon titles early this season, has become the first mixed doubles team since 1969 to win three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the same year. It was Paes’s 17th Grand Slam title overall and Hingis’s 19th. Hingis has won four Grand Slam titles and all of them have come with Indians.

She won her first mixed doubles trophy with Mahesh Bhupathi when they won the 2006 Australian Open. Hingis is also in contention in women’s doubles, where she is partnering Sania Mirza. The two had earlier won the Wimbledon title this year. They are up against Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan and Casey Dellacqua of Australia in the summit clash. Paes and Hingis broke Mattek-Sands at love to take a 2-1 lead in the opening set as the Swiss hit a forehand passing shot to secure the break. That break was all they needed, as Paes easily closed the set out at 6-4 when Hingis hit a volley winner. A lone break of serve also decided the second set, as Mattek-Sands hit two straight winners to break Hingis’s serve as the Americans led 3-1. Hingis saved three set points on her serve at 2-5, but Querrey easily held in the next game to send the contest into a deciding super tiebreak.

The unseeded Americans were cruising as they created a 4-1 cushion when they won both the points on Hingis’s serve to grab the first mini-break. But Hingis and Paes took the mini-break back on Mattek-Sands’s serve at the next opportunity. The crucial point of the match came at 7-7, when Paes blocked Querrey’s serve for a clean passing-shot winner. He then won both points on his serve to close out the match, hitting an overhead winner on their first match point and then lifting Hingis in celebration. Praise for Hingis After clinching the title, Paes said he neither had the technique nor the calibre to match the Swiss legend but he tried to make up for it with his perseverance. Paes said more than the technique it was his never-say-die spirit that had got him success. “Martina said something that was quite interesting. She said ‘you have to have the guts to go after something’, and I don’t believe that I personally have the technique or the calibre of talent that Martina has,” Paes said. “One thing I do have is guts. I will go for it.

It’s been part of my whole life, just trying to find a way to succeed,” he said. Paes said chemistry was key to any partnership and he enjoyed a great rapport with Hingis. “Sometimes the chips are against you, sometimes they fool you. What I love about this teamwork is that in any partnership there’s got to be one person who brings the energy to the team. There’s got to be one person who takes all the pressure and drives the team forward,” Paes said. “I know if I can keep Martina happy, if I can keep her relaxed, the tennis I don’t even have to worry about. This young girl is phenomenal on the tennis court and off of it,” he said. Leander Paes factfile » Olympic bronze medallist in 1996 » Career titles -- Singles: 1; Doubles: 55 » Mixed Doubles: Career titles: 9. » Recent victories: Mixed doubles: Australian Open 2015, Wimbledon 2015, US Open 2015.

» 1999: Wimbledon/Grass, partner Lisa Raymond beat Anna Kournikova and Jonas Bjorkman » 2003: Australian Open/Hard, partner Martina Navratilova beat Eleni Daniilidou and Todd Woodbridge. » 2003: Wimbledon/Grass, partner Martina Navratilova beat Anastassia Rodionova and Andy Ram. » 2008: US Open/Hard, partner Cara Black beat Liezel Huber and Jamie Murray. » 2010: Australian Open/Hard, partner Cara Black beat Ekaterina Makarova and Jaroslav Levinsky. » 2010: Wimbledon/Grass, partner Cara Black beat Lisa Raymond and Wesley Moodie. » 2015: Australian Open partner Martina Hingis; Wimbledon, partner Martina Hingis; US Open partner Martina Hingis » 1999: French Open/Clay, partner Mahesh Bhupathi beat Goran Ivanisevic and Jeff Tarango » 1999: Wimbledon/Grass, partner Mahesh Bhupathi beat Paul Haarhuis and Jared Palmer.

» 2001: French Open/Clay, partner Mahesh Bhupathi beat Petr Pala and Pavel Vizner. » 2006: US Open/Hard, partner Martin Damm beat Jonas Bjorkman and Max Mirnyi. » 2009: French Open/Clay, partner Lukas Dlouhy beat Wesley Moodie and Dick Norman. » 2009: US Open/Hard, partner Lukas Dlouhy beat Mahesh Bhupathi and Mark Knowles. » 2012: Australian Open/Hard, partner Radek Stepanek beat Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan. » 2013: US Open/Hard, partner Radek Stepanek beat Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. US Open 2015: Martina Hingis wins fifth doubles title of year | SI.com Comeback queen Martina Hingis wins fifth major doubles title of the year Share Elizabeth Newman Sunday September 13th, 2015 NEW YORK – As it turns out, there was a player who won four majors in 2015. In fact, she won five. While World No.

1 Serena Williams had her quest for a fourth Grand Slam title of the season halted by Italy’s Roberta Vinci in the U.S. Open women’s semifinals on Friday, Switzerland’s Martina Hingis notched her fifth major title of the year, winning the U.S. Open women’s double title with partner Sania Mirza. Hingis and Mirza defeated Australia’s Casey Dellacqua and Kazakhstan's Yaroslava Shvedova 6–3, 6–3 on Sunday, just two days after Hingis won the mixed doubles title with partner Leander Paes in a 6–4, 3–6, 10–7 victory over American duo Sam Querrey and Bethanie Mattek-Sands. With the win Hingis and Paes became the first team since 1969 to in three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in the same year. Daily Data Viz: How Flavia Pennetta became the 2015 U.S. Open champion "I just love to play tennis and I am fortunate to have Leander as my partner," Hingis said after the match. “It's incredible. I know he has my back all day long.

If I don't come up with a return but 10 double faults, he's still there with me.” The duo had previously won the 2015 Australian Open and Wimbledon together, while Hingis also won the 2015 Wimbledon women’s doubles title with partner Sania Mirza of India, defeating Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5–7, 7–6(4), 7–5 in a thrilling final. “Yes it’s been a while, 17 years [since her last U.S. Open doubles title]. But it feels like the same all over again,” she said. “I don’t look at it like it’s been 17 years, I look at it like yes I am still here and still playing well.” With new moves and mindsets, Djokovic and Federer meet in final ​Hingis and Mirza, a hard-hitting baseliner, first teamed up in March for the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells. They won that tournament, and then went on to win the Miami Open and the Family Circle Cup in Charleston. At Wimbledon, the No.

1 ranked pair were down 5–2 in the third set before storming back for the victory. For Mirza, the win was her first Grand Slam women’s doubles crown; for Hingis, it was her third at Wimbledon, but her first since 1998. “We hit it off immediately and we’ve become more like friends as the year has gone on,” said Mirza. “Our game complements each other. We’re happy to be here in this moment with this second Slam, but it’s kind of surreal. We really didn’t think back in March that it would happen so soon.” Hingis is most known for her reign as the World No. 1 in women’s singles in the mid 1990s. She won her first doubles Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 1996 at age 15 with then partner Helena Suková. In 1997 at age 16, she became the youngest Grand Slam singles champion ever by winning the Australian Open in a 6–2, 6–2 victory over Mary Pearce and she would go on to win five Grand Slam singles titles in her career and become the youngest top-ranked player in history.

In 1998, with two different partners, she won the calendar Grand Slam in women’s doubles. Longtime friends Vinci, U.S. Open champ Pennetta make history in N.Y. Entering the 2015 season, Hingis had won nine majors in women’s doubles and two in mixed doubles. But Hingis’s ride a doubles queen has not been without tabloid controversy. After winning the women’s Wimbledon title with Jana Novotna in 1998, Hingis parted with the then 30-year-old Czech saying she was too old and too slow. Hingis then teamed with tennis bombshell Anna Kournikova, calling their pairing the “Spice Girls” of tennis. The duo won the Australian Open titles in 1999 and 2002. However, after news leaked of a fight between the pair during an exhibition match in Chile, the two parted ways after their Aussie win. Recurring ankle injuries and back pain caused Hingis to retire in 2003. She made an uninspired return in 2006 but was suspended a year later after testing positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine.

Now back on tour at the top of her game in doubles Hingis, 34, is once again riding the wave at No. 1. SI Vault: Done in Down Under: Sukova ends Navratilova's '84 Grand Slam bid “It feels good. But I always felt like I could get back to this level,” she said. “I mean, you always feel like you have it in the back of your head. I had one comeback when in singles now this is another one in doubles. I always believed in it. Without that you can't come out here and play and compete at this level.” As for the future, Hingis said she has asked both world No. 2 Roger Federer and No. 5 Stan Wawrinka if they want to team up for Switzerland in mixed doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. There are no plans etched in stone just yet, but Hingis said she would the experience would be the icing on the comeback cake. "This has been a great ride," Hingis said.

“To then play in Rio would be great for me, for the guys and for Switzerland.” Tags Wimbledon 2015: Paes and Hingis v Peya and Babos – mixed doubles final as it happened | Les Roopanarine | Sport | The Guardian Wimbledon 2015: Paes and Hingis v Peya and Babos – mixed doubles final as it happened Leander Paes and Martina Hingis storm to 6-1, 6-1 victory in 40 minutes Pair claim their second grand slam title this year after winning Australian Open Updated Leander Paes and Martina Hingis pose with their trophies after a crushing 6-1, 6-1 defeat of Alexander Peya and Timea Babos in the Wimbledon mixed doubles final. Photograph: Alastair Grant/AP Sunday 12 July 2015 14.29 EDT First published on Sunday 12 July 2015 13.21 EDT 14:19 So Wimbledon is over for another year. It’s always a sad moment, but what memories we’re left with.

Lleyton Hewitt’s farewell, the antics of his fellow Aussie Nick Kyrgios, Rafael Nadal’s exit at the hands of the dreadlocked Dustin Brown, Garbiñe Muguruza’s wonderful run to the women’s final, the Serena slam, Djokovic’s ninth major … the list just goes on and on. Happy memories and thanks for reading. 14:15 It’s smiles all round in the royal box as Paes and Hingis receive their trophies. Not often is Roger Federer outdone on Centre Court, but that was a textbook demonstration of rolling back the years. Hingis and Paes – combined age 76 – won 55 points to their opponents’ 20. Devastating. 14:10 Well, that was absolutely extraordinary. As brutal as it was brief. Peya and Babos laboured long and hard to make the final, winning their semi against Robert Lindstedt and Anabel Medina Garrigues 11-9 in the third, but they were up against tennis from another dimension. It’s hard to recall a more one-sided match on Centre Court.

Martina Navratilova’s 6-0, 6-3 defeat of Andrea Jaeger in the 1983 women’s final, perhaps? Paes and Hingis win the second set 6-1 to claim the title! Paes/Hingis 6-1 Peya/Babos* (sets 1-0) It’s all over, and what a blessed relief it must be for the vanquished pair. At 0-30, Peya dumps an easy volley into the bottom of the net and the writing is on the wall. Hingis misses a backhand return on the first match point, but Paes makes no such mistake on the next. A breathtaking backhand return, blocked quite beautifully down the line beyond the reach of Peya, seals the title. What a performance. 14:00 Paes*/Hingis 5-1 Peya/Babos (sets 1-0) Hingis angles off a lovely backhand volley for a winner at 30-0, Paes follows up with a booming serve that goes unreturned, and that’s another quick game. Babos will serve to stay in the match.

13:58 Paes/Hingis 4-1 Peya*/Babos (sets 1-0) As Peya and Babos finally get themselves on the second-set scoreboard, the Hungarian smiles ruefully. Her smile soon becomes a full-blown giggle. What else can you do but laugh in the face of such excellence? It’s impossible to see how the pair can make an impression on this match now; we’re deep into damage limitation territory. 13:56 Paes/Hingis* 4-0 Peya/Babos (sets 1-0) Hingis has won two mixed titles at grand slam level, both in Australia. A third is looking inevitable. That’s another comfortable hold from the Swiss, and this set is looking like a potential whitewash. 13:52 Paes/Hingis 3-0 Peya/Babos* (sets 1-0) This is getting disheartening for the fifth seeds. Babos is broken again, and with the match barely 30 minutes old Hingis and Paes are just three games from the title.

13:51 Paes*/Hingis 2-0 Peya/Babos (sets 1-0) The game begins with the best point of the match so far, Peya and Babos blasting groundstrokes at their seventh-seeded opponents as though their lives depended upon it. It’s all to no avail, though, as the Hingis/Paes defence proves impenetrable. Paes remains dominant on serve. Updated 13:47 Paes/Hingis 1-0 Peya*/Babos (sets 1-0) Seeking to stop the rot, Peya opens the set strongly on serve. But at 40-30, crossed wires on an overhead see Babos feather a weak overhead to the waiting Paes, who needs no second invitation. He punches away the volley, and two points later Peya double-faults to concede the game. Oh dear. Paes and Hingis win the first set 6-1 Paes/Hingis* 6-1 Peya/Babos With 19 minutes on the clock and Paes still utterly insatiable at the net, Peya and Babos find themselves two set points down.

The Austrian saves the first, unleashing a forehand winner beyond Paes off a short Hingis serve, but the favourites seal the set on the next point. Unless Peya and Babos change something quickly, this match could be over in a flash. 13:40 Paes/Hingis 5-1 Peya*/Babos Serving at 0-40 down, Peya delivers a booming first serve to Hingis to get a foothold in the game. But it’s too little, too late as Paes and Hingis break again. Updated 13:38 Paes*/Hingis 4-1 Peya/Babos Another accomplished service game from Paes sees the break consolidated. Peya and Babos may take heart from the fact that they won their first point against serve in this game although, frankly, if they do they are clutching at straws. Impressive stuff from the Aussie Open champions.

13:36 Paes/Hingis 3-1 Peya/Babos* Babos, a finalist in the women’s doubles at Wimbledon last year and also a semi-finalist in the French Open mixed, where she partnered Eric Butorac, is no mug when it comes to playing doubles. But she produces a poor game here to concede the break. Already you sense that Paes and Hingis could run away with this first set. Updated 13:32 Paes/Hingis* 2-1 Peya/Babos If Peya and Babos were under any illusions about the formidable task facing them here, a love game on the Hingis serve firmly dispels them. Paes looks as lethal as ever at the net, and his sprightly interceptions are already promising to be a major feature of this contest. 13:29 Paes/Hingis 1-1 Peya*/Babos A chance for Hingis and Paes to draw first blood goes begging as Hingis – also returning from the ad court, incidentally – lashes a two-hander millimetres wide. She doesn’t look happy with that, but boy did she hit it crisply.

Peya and Babos will be relieved to have come through that game. 13:26 Paes*/Hingis 1-0 Peya/Babos A fine start for Hingis and Paes, as the Indian veteran serves out a love game. That’s no real surprise, because Paes is a man who knows his way around a doubles court, as a grand slam CV that includes eight men’s doubles titles and seven mixed championships attests. What’s perhaps more surprising is that Babos is returning from the ad court. In days gone by, playing the male half of the combo on that side was de rigueur; how times have changed. Updated 13:18 Good afternoon and welcome Roger Federer may have been unable to claim an eighth men’s singles crown this afternoon, but there’s hope left yet that a blow can be struck for the thirtysomething brigade – or even the fortysomething brigade – on Centre Court today. Well, less hope than absolute certainly.

Fresh, if that is the right word, from lifting the women’s doubles title in tandem with Sania Mirza on Saturday, the evergreen Martina Hingis returns to the scene of victory hoping to claim more silverware alongside the Indian doubles specialist Leander Paes. The Swiss Miss of yore is 34 now – was it really 18 summers ago that she won the ladies’ singles title at Wimbledon ? – while Paes, who has won this title three times, is still going strong at 42. Throw in another veteran in the shape of Austria’s Alexander Peya, 35, and his partner Timea Babos – who is 22 – must feel like a mere stripling. Updated Hingis adds mixed to her weekend schedule - The Championships, Wimbledon 2017 - Official Site by IBM Hingis adds mixed to her weekend schedule Martina Hingis and Leander Paes ease through their semi-final to set up Hingis' second doubles final of the weekend. READ MORE By Dan Imhoff It is 17 years since Martina Hingis last played in a Wimbledon final. She now finds herself in two. The game has changed.

So too has the former teenage prodigy’s perspective. It was suggested the Swiss legend has made more comebacks than American crooner Frank Sinatra after her latest feat, which saw her win through to both the women’s doubles and mixed doubles finals this weekend. “New York, New York!” She broke into an impromptu rendition of his most famous tune, before laughing with that big grin in embarrassment. “I’m bad at singing,” she said. What started as a bit of fun to feed an insatiable competitive drive has become a full-blown return to doubles. As the No.1 seeds, she and Sania Mirza won through to the women’s doubles decider, taking out Americans Raquel Kops-Jones and Abigail Spears 6-1, 6-2. Only hours later as the No.7 seeds, she teamed up with another Indian, Leander Paes , to upset the No.1 seeds Mike Bryan and Bethanie Mattek-Sands 6-3, 6-4 in a mixed doubles semi-final. “Obviously amazing. It’s more than I could have dreamed of when I started this journey and coming to Wimbledon. Reminds me of 17 years ago when I last won here,” she laughed.

“I never liked playing on court 1 in singles. I had those first-round losses (in singles) but I finally fell in love with court 1 today.” Centre Court 6-3 6-4 Completed There is a far more relaxed demeanour off-court since her record-breaking run as an all-conquering teenage Grand Slam champion. “It’s different now. Obviously I was enjoying winning when I was 16, 17. It was just more stressful, you didn’t have much time to celebrate this because there is next week and you keep being the hunted one,” she said. “The doubles, the practice is not as much or as physical as it was for singles. Singles I used to have practice six hours a day, now it’s probably two, three, half of it.” Martina Hingis and Leander Paes Live @ Wimbledon interview Hingis’ mother and coach, Melanie Molitor, was a near-permanent fixture courtside in those years she won five Grand Slam singles titles. Hingis would also add nine doubles and two mixed doubles titles to an impressive if truncated career. While no longer travelling the circuit, Mum’s advice is still never too far away – whether Hingis requests it or not.

“I’ve played for 30 years so it’s just sometimes you need someone to be there for you and to remind you of things and even like my mum is still behind the scenes watching. She finally got to see the last two matches on TV. “I was like ‘Mum leave me alone’, you know, but sometimes it’s good,” she laughed, speaking of the text-message advice she had received in recent days. “When I go back home it’s just a reminder of things, it might be sometimes annoying in that moment but it’s back here (in her mind), it’s memorised the things that she tells me on court.” Playing with both Mirza and Paes, it was the Hingis of old on Friday – that court nous, quick hands and timely net poaching on display from the outset. She thinks of herself as a flexible player, able to adapt to the strengths and weaknesses of her partner. “With Sania I have to be the one who makes the difference but she sets me up with a big forehand. She’s got one of the world’s best forehands,” Hingis said. “It’s just things we can learn from one another.

With Leander, his volleys are the best in the world – creating magic. When I do things with Leander at the net then I’m like anything is easier.” Still the two biggest matches of Hingis’ tournament lay ahead. In the mixed doubles decider she and Paes will take on No.5 seeds Alexander Peya and Timea Babos after the Austrian-Hungarian duo recovered to hold out Swede Robert Lindstedt and Spaniard Anabel Medina Garrigues 4-6, 6-3, 11-9. In the women’s doubles final she and Mirza take on Russian No.2 seeds Elena Vesnina and Ekaterina Makarova . Wimbledon finals aside, the obvious question inevitably arises. For London 2012, Roger Federer was unable to convince his countrywoman to come out of retirement to pursue Olympic mixed doubles gold. Now that she is back playing doubles full-time, will it be a different answer this time around for Rio de Janeiro 2016? For now she remains tight-lipped.

2015 Day 11 Highlights, Mike Bryan & Bethanie Mattek-Sands vs Leander Paes & Martina Hingis, Semi-Final “In 2014 I was starting to play better and doubles became priority and not the coaching. I was coaching and playing doubles with Sabine (Lisicki) and then I started strictly playing doubles and I think that was a very good decision. Now people ask about Rio obviously but just happy to take it one at a time,” she said. “Just want to enjoy my Wimbledon now – two finals, like I said, it’s more than I could have ever dreamed of, above my expectation.” With Stan Wawrinka now also strongly in the fray, the Swiss could face a welcome selection dilemma. Would Stan or Roger partner Hingis if she agreed to it? “Ask the boys. Their play,” she laughed. Queue the Sinatra renditions if she makes her first Olympic appearance in 20 years.

Wimbledon: Sania Mirza completes Grand Slams chart | Zee News News » Sports » Wimbledon Wimbledon: Sania Mirza completes Grand Slams chart India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza on Saturday created history by becoming the first female player from the country to win a women's doubles Grand Slam trophy as she clinched the Wimbledon title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis. By Rajdeep Saha | Last Updated: Sunday, July 12, 2015 - 04:38 Zee Media Bureau Follow @ZeeNewsSports New Delhi: India's tennis sensation Sania Mirza on Saturday created history by becoming the first female player from the country to win a women's doubles Grand Slam trophy as she clinched the Wimbledon title with Swiss partner Martina Hingis. Sania and Hingis battled past second seed Russian team of Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina 5-7 7-6(4) 7-5 in a thrilling final. By winning the title, Sania completed her Grand Slam collection by winning in all four events. Although this was her first Wimbledon crown and her first women's doubles honour in Slams, Sania has won three mixed doubles titles before.

She had become India's first woman player to win a Grand Slam when she won the Australian Open with compatriot Mahesh Bhupathi in 2009. She later added French Open in 2012 with Bhupathi and US Open in 2014 with Bruno Soares to her mixed doubles collection. Sania had a good run in mixed doubles section too and bowed out in the quarter-final. Sania has taken Indian tennis by storm and has followed the footsteps of Leander Paes and Mahesh Bhupathi by winning the Grand Slam. This win will motivate many upcoming tennis players in India. Earlier, Sania had come close to winning a women's doubles Major in 2011 when she reached the French Open final with Elena Vesnina but ended up runners-up. Indian tennis rides high on Martina Hingis: Meet Sania Mirza & Leander Paes' legendary Swiss partner - India.com Comments New Delhi, Oct 3: The year 2015 has seen Indian players Leander Paes and Sania Mirza win 10 titles alongside Swiss tennis great Martina Hingis. The association has been as fruitful for Hingis as it has been for Indian tennis.

Hingis, the youngest-ever World No.1 in women’s singles, has won a whopping seven trophies so far this year alongside Sania while her association with Paes has yielded three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. The 35-year-old Hingis is at the fag-end of an illustrous career that saw her win five Grand Slam women’s singles titles. While age and injuries has left her a pale shadow of the formidable singles player she once was, Hingis’ superb run this year has certainly bolstered her trophy cabinet and those of the evergreen Paes in the twilight of both their careers. Sania meanwhile, has not been able to establish her credentials as a top singles player. But she has done well in the doubles circuit and 2015 will certainly be one of the high points in her career. Born in Košice in the former Czechoslovakia – now a part of Slovakia — Hingis, it seems, was always destined for greatness. Both her parents were accomplished tennis players and her mother Melanie Molitorová had decided that her child would take up the sport while Hingis was still in the womb.

Hingis’ parents dedication to tennis led them to name their daughter after another legend in the women’s game – Martina Navratilova. The Swiss star did not disappoint her parents. Hingis was 15 years and nine months old when she won the Wimbledon doubles title in 1996 with Helena Sukova, making her the youngest Grand Slam champion of all time. The following year, she became the youngest singles Grand Slam winner of the 20th century when she clinched the Australian Open. She also achieved the distinction of becoming the the youngest-ever World No. 1 when she displaced injured German legend Steffi Graf from the top of the rankings. She is also one of the youngest players to enter the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Martina Hingis career highlights: News | WTA Tennis English Shop Hingis Wins Mixed Doubles Crown Martina Hingis won the Australian Open mixed doubles title with Leander Paes. The Swiss Miss now has 16 overall Grand Slam titles - how many of them are in Australia?

Published February 01, 2015 12:15 Martina Hingis, Leander Paes MELBOURNE, Australia - Martina Hingis won the biggest title of her doubles comeback on Sunday, capturing the mixed doubles crown at the Australian Open alongside Indian legend Leander Paes. The No.7-seeded Hingis and Paes didn't drop a set all tournament long and clinched the title with a 6-4, 6-3 championship win over No.3 seeds Kristina Mladenovic and Daniel Nestor, who had won two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles together before - Wimbledon in 2013 and right here last year. "I think we grew with every match - the confidence, the teamwork, the suggestions we had, one or the other. We really trust each other," Hingis said. "I think that was the key in every match. The big points, like today, we were up a break in the first, in the second, and then they broke me back. But we stayed there, stayed focused, and just did our job.

I think that was the key, that we were always there." Hingis now has two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles to her name, having won the Australian Open back in 2006 with another Indian legend, Mahesh Bhupathi. It's her overall 16th Grand Slam title - she has five in singles (including three titles here) and nine in women's doubles (including four here). The former World No.1 came back to doubles in the 2013 season and played a full 2014, and is now back in the Top 10. She was asked afterwards how she decided to come back to the pros again. "I was never really completely out of the picture or away from tennis," Hingis said. "It was always part of my life one way or another. I was playing some exhibitions, then I was coaching a little bit, which probably got me more into it because I was playing with the girls, hitting, being face to face with the best players in the world like Anastasia, Sabine, obviously some of the biggest hitters. So I felt like maybe I could play with them, but only half-court, so I don't have to run that much.

"But I felt I could still hold my own. Lee has been on me for three years - we played World TeamTennis for a couple years. Maybe I should have done it earlier and played a couple tournaments together already, but I wasn't ready to take the tension and be on the court. But he really kept on me. "In the ceremony after the match my voice became very little. Who would have thought I'd still be back on that court after 20 years. It's not even like the cherry on top, it's more than that to be there and to be able to hold another Australian Open trophy. It's really more than I could ever dream of." So what does the woman who has everything go after next - maybe Olympic gold? "Right now we're very far away," the Swiss Miss said. "We're really enjoying this moment and having this title. I mean, it's out there, definitely. It's something that would probably be... "I mean, I haven't played the Olympics since '96, so..."

Question: Which Swiss tennis player won three Grand Slam mixed doubles titles in 2015 with her Indian partner Leander Paes?
Answer: MARTINA HINGIS